Mesa police: Scottsdale man drove drunk with 3 children in car

A Scottsdale man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence while having three children in the backseat, according to Mesa police.

At 6 p.m. police responded to a call of a SUV driving erratically southbound on Country Club Drive just north of McLellan Road, police said. A Mesa Police Air Unit located the vehicle in the parking lot of Beer World, 1530 N. Country Club Drive, where it made a wide right-hand turn northbound before being stopped by police at Country Club Drive and McLellan Road, according to police.

Police said the driver, Johnny Romo, 32, had red, watery eyes, a flushed face and smelled of alcohol. In the backseat police found an infant, a 1-year-old and a 5-year-old, according to police.Mesa police mugshots, October 2012

Romo said he drank two 40 ounce beers about three to four hours before driving, and a portable breath test registered a BAC of 0.141, well above the legal limit of .08, according to a court document.

The witness who reported the incident said the white SUV cut her off before speeding southbound on Country Club and weaving in and out of traffic, according to police.

Romo was arrested on suspicion of three aggravated DUI charges with children under the age of 15.